What the Role Is
Babylist is seeking a Planner to own Open-to-Buy and day-to-day replenishment and order writing for our Division 1 categories. You’ll make sure the right products are available at the right time to meet customer demand and business targets.
This role is execution-focused. You’ll spend most of your time in our planning systems, managing forecasts, inventory flow, and the order pipeline, while partnering closely with Merchandising and Supply Chain on the daily and weekly running of the business. You’ll report into Division 1 Planning.
Who You Are
- You’ve owned Open-to-Buy for a category and manage sales, inventory, margin, and turn targets day to day.
- You’ve owned replenishment and order writing and are comfortable balancing in-stock, inventory, and turn tradeoffs.
- You have a strong foundation in retail math and forecasting, including WOS and sell-through.
- You’re comfortable working in a planning system day to day. You can maintain forecasts and inventory positions, and pick up new tools quickly.
- You have advanced Excel skills and can turn large data sets into clear actions.
- You have experience working with vendors on forecasts, availability, and delivery timing.
- You communicate clearly with Merchandising, Supply Chain, and vendors, and flag risk early.
- You’re organized and proactive, and you adapt quickly as the business changes.
- You enjoy a fast-paced, high-growth environment and like being close to the business.
- You have 3-5 years of experience in inventory or merchandise planning, ideally in e-commerce or retail.
- You naturally reach for AI in your work — at Babylist, every team uses AI daily. You’re already using it to move faster and improve your output, and you stay curious about what’s coming next.
How You Will Make An Impact
- Own Open-to-Buy for your categories, managing sales, inventory, margin, and turn targets through disciplined execution.
- Execute replenishment and order writing, keeping inventory aligned to forecast, targets, and capacity constraints.
- Maintain and update forecasts in the planning system as trends shift.
- Manage the order pipeline from placement through receipt for your categories.
- Deliver weekly sales and inventory recaps with clear takeaways for the planning team.
- Prioritize top-volume and top-registered SKUs to protect revenue and in-stock performance.
- Support vendor forecasts and planning meetings, and follow up on availability and delivery timing.
- Build bottom-up pre-season forecasts at the category and SKU level.
- Partner with Merchandising and Supply Chain on assortment changes and inbound timing.
- Use data and AI tools to reduce manual work, and share process ideas with Planning leadership.
Why This Role
- You’ll own Open-to-Buy for your categories, with direct accountability for sales, inventory, margin, and turn.
- You’ll work hands-on in the planning systems every day, close to the numbers and the decisions behind them.
- You’ll partner directly with Merchandising and Supply Chain, and every team at Babylist uses AI daily, so there’s room to improve how planning gets done.
About Compensation
We use a market-based approach to compensation. The starting salary range for this role is:
$104,208 to $125,081
Your starting salary will be based on your location, experience, and qualifications, with increases over time tied to performance, role growth, and internal pay equity.
Who We Are
Babylist is the leading platform for expecting and new families. More than 10 million people shop with Babylist every year, making it the go-to destination for seamless purchasing, guidance, and expert recommendations. As a modern, AI-forward tech company, Babylist has expanded from a universal registry into a full ecosystem — the Babylist Shop, Babylist Health, Babylist Money, NYC and LA showrooms, branded content, and more — generating $750M in revenue in 2025. Building the generational brand in baby, Babylist is reshaping the $235B kids and baby market and helping parents feel confident, connected, and cared for at every step.
Our Ways of Working
Babylist is remote-first with team members across the U.S. and Canada who move fast, think smart, and use AI as part of how they work every day — not as an experiment, as an expectation. We come together twice a year to build the relationships behind the work, and we hire people who are genuinely excited about what's possible and prove it through how they show up.
Why You Will Love Working At Babylist
Our Culture
- We work with focus and intention, then step away to recharge
- We believe in exceptional management, and we invest in the tools and the time to connect with colleagues
- We build products that positively impact millions of people's lives
- AI is part of how we work, not a side experiment. You'll have leading tools like Claude and ChatGPT from day one, with no waiting on access, so the busywork gets handled and your judgment goes where it counts
Growth & Development
- Competitive pay and meaningful opportunities for career advancement
- We believe technology and data can solve hard problems
- We're committed to career progression and performance-based advancement
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Retirement savings plan with company matching and flexible spending accounts
- Generous paid parental leave and PTO
- Winter Wonder Week: the whole company takes a paid week off at the end of the year, whether or not you celebrate anything, so everyone's out at once and comes back refreshed
- Remote work stipend to set up your office
- Perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning
Important Notices
Recorded Interviews. Babylist uses an interview recording tool to record and transcribe interviews for evaluation purposes in accordance with applicable privacy laws. By participating in an interview, you consent to this recording and transcription.
Interview Integrity. AI is part of how we work at Babylist. We expect you to use it too. Your application and interviews should still reflect you and your own thinking. We'll tell you when AI is encouraged. Misrepresentation at any stage may result in removal from consideration for this and future roles.
How We Review Applications We use AI throughout our hiring process to help review, screen, and assess applications. These tools support our team's review; they do not replace it, and every hiring decision is made by a person.
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